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Patented Apr. 4, |899. M. GRANAT &. L. F. LAMDTT.

WEIGIIING SCUOP.

(Application Med Jan. 5, 1899.)

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WEIGI'IINGy SCUUP.

. (Applicgtion 81nd Jan. l5, 1899.) (lo Modal.) 2 Shoots-Sheet 2.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MAYER GRANAT AND LEVY FRANKLIN LAMOTT, OF STOOKTON, CALIFORNIA;

SAID LAMOTT ASSIGNOR TO SAID GRANAT.

WEIGHING-SCOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,619, dated April 4,1899.

l Application filed January 5, 1899. Serial No. 701,249. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, MAYER GRANAT and LEvY FRANKLIN LAMO'IT, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquinand State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inlVeighing-Scoops, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to weighing-scoops; and it consists in thepeculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of ourimproved scoop, taken in the plane indicated by the line 1 l oi' Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line 2 2of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of a portionA of the scoop. Fig.t is a perspective View of the mechanism through the medium of which thespring is connected with the scoop-shank. Fig. 5 is a detail elevationillustrating a1nodined night-indicating means. Fig. (5 is a sectionalview of the same.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, and Inore particularly toFigs. l to l thereof, A is a scoop-body which is equipped with adepending pointer u and also wi-th a hollowr shank I), having oppositeslots c at an intermediate point of its length and opposite guides orslots CZ at its lower end, and B is a hollow handle of a size to looselyreceive the shank of the bodyA after the Inanner shown. This handle hasan exterior graduated scale e, arranged in proper position with relationto the pointer a, and it also has a transverse rod f, which extendsthrough and is movable in the slots c of the shank Z).

O is a coiled spring contained in the hollow shank Z) and connected atits upper end to the crossrodf, and D is a slide to which the lower endof the spring C is connected. The said slide has a head g, designed toengage the lower coil of the spring, and lateral projections Zi,extending through and movable in the guides or slots CZ of the shank Z2.It also has a threaded sockett in its lower end, this latter beingdesigned for the reception of, a screw E, which is headed at its lowerend and extends through a disk j, arranged against the lower end ofshank Z). From this it'follows that the tension of the spring C may beregulated and the scale adjusted so that the pointer will rest at zerowhen the scoopbody is empty by simply turning the screw E through themedium of an implement introduced through an aperture Zt in the lowerend of the handle. The slide D is, by reason of its arrangement in theguides CZ of shank l), held against turning, and hence it will be seenthat said slide may be moved up or down to regulate the spring C withoutany tendency to twist said spring, which is an important advantage.

Vhen the scoop is to bensed without weighing its contents, it isdesirable to take all strain oit the weighing mechanism. To this end Weprovide a latch-keeper or stud Z on the scoop-body A and aspring-pressed latch F on the handle B,- the said latch being arrangedto engage the stud,and thereby fix the scoop-body and handle with:respect to each other, as shown in Fig. 2, and being susceptible ofready disengagement from the stud when it is desired to release thescoop-body and Weigh the contents thereof.

When our improved device is to be used simply as apscoop, the latch F isplaced in engagement with the keeper Z, and the scoop is handled in theusual manner.

When it is desired to weigh the contents of the scoop-body, it is simplynecessary to hold the scoop in an upright position and disen=I gage thelatch F from the keeper or stud Z, when the pointer ct, in conjunctionwith the scale e, will plainly indicate the weight of said contents. i

When it is desirable to employ a rotary graduated scale or dial in lieuof the weight-indicating mechanism shown in Figs. 1 to 3, theconstruction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is made use of. This constructioncomprises a scalo or dial e', carried by the shank Z9, a shaft a',journaled in the dial and shank and also in a sleeve t, carried by theshank and having a pointer t2 at its outer end, a pinion a3, fixed onthe shaft a' Within the sleeve t, and a rack a4, Iixed to the handle Band extending up into the sleeve Z, so as to engage the pinion IOC ai inthe manner showno The sleeve if serves as a bearing for the outerportion of the shaft a and also as a guard to prevent anything fromcatching into and interfering with the working of the pinion d3 and racka".

By reason of the moditied construction described when the scoop-body isdepressed the pointer a2 will swing` in front of the dial or rotaryscale and indicate the weight of the contents of said body.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that our improvedweighing-scoop is simple, inexpensive, and embodies no parts that arelikely to get out of order after short use. It will also be appreciatedthat the weighingscoop maybe used to advantage in stores and that itisparticularly adapted for use in the kitchen, where it is frequentlynecessary to weigh the ingredients ot' food compounds.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is-d l. In aweighing-scoop, the combination of a scoopbodyhaving a stud Z and alsohaving a hollow shank provided with opposite slots at an intermediatepoint of its length and opposite slots at its lower end, a slide movablein the lower slot of the shank whereby it is held against turning andhaving a threaded socket in its lower end and a head at its npper end, adisk bearing against the lower end ot the shank, a screw bearing in saiddisk and entering the socket of the slide, a hollow handle looselyreceivin g the shank and having a cross-bar extending through andmovable in the upper slots thereof, and also having the opening 7s inits lowerend coincident with the screw, a spring-pressed latch pivotallymounted on vthe handle and arranged to engage stud Z, a coiled springinterposed between and connected to the head of the slide and thecross-bar of the handle, and suitable indicating means, substantially asspecified.

2. In a weighing-scoop, the combination of a scoop-body having a hollowshank provided with opposite slots at an intermediate point of itslength and longitudinal guides below said slots, a handle looselyreceiving the shank and having a cross-bar extending through and movablein the slots thereof, a slide movable in the guides of the shank wherebyit is held against turning, a coiled spring interposed between andconnected to the slide and the cross-bar of the handle, a disk bearingagainst the lower end of the shank, a screw adjustably connecting thedisk and slide, and suitable weight-indicating means, substantially asspecified.

3. In a weighing-scoop, the combination of a scoop-body having thesleeve t and a dial upon the same and also having a hollow shankprovided with opposite slots at an intermediate point of its length, ahandle B loosely receiving the shank and having a cross-bar extendingthrough and movable in the slots thereof, a coiled spring connected tothe said cross-bar and to the lower end of the shank, a shaft extendingthrough the shank and also through the sleeve 't and dial thereon andhaving a pointer at its outer end, a pinion fixed on said shaft withinthe sleeve, and a rack connected to the handle B and engaging' saidpinion, substantially as specilied.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MAYER GRANAT. LEVY FRANKLIN LAMOT' Witnesses:

ROBERT E. L. LA MOTTE, JEFFERSON GLIDDEN BROWN.

